Posts Tagged ‘National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’
NILRR Weekly News Clips August 30, 2013
National Right to Work Committee to Hold Candlelight Vigil at AFL-CIO Headquarters Online candlelight vigil to commemorate victims of union violence being held at www.EndUnionViolence.com Washington, DC (August 30, 2013) – Friday afternoon, Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Committee, will be making a speech to launch a candlelight vigil…
Read MoreFormer ‘Employee of the Month’ suing SEIU Local 620 over agency dues
With help fromthe National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Rosemary Bankois standing up for her rights, which she claims were violated by SEIU Local 620. Amy Asman has the story in the Santa Maria Sun. Plaintiff Rosemary Banko worked for the county from 1998 until her retirement in July of this year. The county…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips August 16, 2013
Job, Income Data Indicate Right to Work Laws Economically Beneficial National Institute for Labor Relations Research Right to Work Fact Sheet, August 13, 2013 As of the end of 2012, 22 states had Right to Work laws on the books prohibiting the termination of employees for refusal to pay dues or fees to an unwanted…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips August 9, 2013
A Union Run Amok National Review Online, August 8, 2013 John Raudabaugh, a staff attorney with the National Right to Work Foundation, is representing Clark. He says the union failed to inform employees of their rights to opt out of membership and pay reduced dues so that their money wouldn’t go to the union’s political…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips August 1, 2013
Holden postal worker files complaint after dues still taken from paycheck despite quitting union Bangor Daily News Online, August 2, 2013 She said she could not discuss details of the charge because of the ongoing investigation. Staff attorneys from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation provided Johnson with free legal assistance and helped…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly Clips, July 26, 2013
NRTW Foundation starts Pgh ads Pittsburgh Post Gazette Online, July 23, 2013 The conservative National Right To Work Foundation is starting a decent-sized ad buy in the Pittsburgh market today that warns of union harassment in hospital work places. UPDATE: The NRTW takes issue with the headline of this post calling it “anti-union.” It…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips July 19, 2013
50 Politicos to Watch: Doug Stafford Politico.com, July19, 2013 Stafford did not meet Paul until late in the summer of 2009. He had risen from a junior writer to vice president of the National Right to Work Committee, the pro-business lobbying group that opposes forced unionization. Minnesota’s child care union battle moves into federal…
Read MoreRight to Work Legal Foundation Aids Unwilling Union Members to Recoup Close to $1 Million in Dues
Union bosses continue to abuse workers’ rights by simply ignoring the law. National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys are helping workers who were unwilling to continue union membership during a strike to recoup a fine of almost $1 million against Local 851 of the International Association of Machinists. Cindy Wojdyla Cain has the…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips – March 01, 2013
National Right To Work Foundation Seeks To Bar NLRB Action Due to NLRB’s Lack of a Quorum Seyforth Shaw, LLP, February 19, 2013 On Monday, February 11, 2013 the National Right to Work Foundation (NRTWF) filed its petition for writ of mandamus or prohibition with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals , seeking an…
Read MoreSupreme Court Judges Teamsters’ Appeal ‘Frivolous’
US Supreme Court Justices deny Teamsters union officials’ review of a case of union favoritism involving seniority. National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys handled the case for an Interstate Bakery worker, Kirk Rammage. Kevin P. McGowan has the story in the Daily Labor Report (subscription required). Denying an International Brotherhood of Teamsters local’s…
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